Hi im new to this site and i have a question I have a 1999 dodge dakota 5.2L . And i was wondering wich exhaust setup would be louder the one i have now or the one im thinking about doing. right now i have a 2half inch stright pipe all the way back with no muff or cat, with a 4inch tip. and it blats now, but i was wondering if it would be louder with 2inch true dool with no cat or mufflers. Please help

 

i would say that dual 2in would be loud,but 2.5 maybe louder and if they exit out the side maybe also louder, but your going to lose or you all ready lost sum low end power.

 

Well the 2inch true dools with come out at 45's if i do it. But i want to no for shore if it will be louder or not. And if it will give me more power or the same

 

Well the 2inch true dools with come out at 45's if i do it. But i want to no for shore if it will be louder or not. And if it will give me more power or the same.

 

i would say 2.5 at 45's but like he said you are and have already lost some power. you could go 2.5 and add a 10 series flowmaster (single chamber race muffler) and it would still be pretty damn loud and have a muscular tone and gain some power back not to mention no back pressure at all will ruin your engine but thats all up to you. let us know what you do and give a an exhaust clip.

 

I'd keep it the way it is

 

Okay well thanks alot i like my exhaust staight pipe no matter what, i was just curious wich one would be louder and i would run 2inch on the true dool not 2half.

 

how do u pass inspection with no cat???

 

im good friends with a guy thats ones a garage, and he does inspections, and hill give me a sticker no matter what.

 

if you want to get picky, the single would be louder at the pipe because you have all eight cylinders pumping out, the duals would seem louder around the truck because there would be multiple points that the exhaust is exiting. you will not wreck anything by doing a straight pipe, there is more than enough backpressure in the system to keep your valves from frying as long as each cylinder has at least 4 feet of tubing to exit from.
IMO open exhaust sounds horrible unless you have a race cam and like 11:1 compression, it would sound alot better if you do what MAJohns suggested, go get a flowmaster 10 or even a magnaflow bullet, your truck will be super loud but youll get rid of that ugly burble/gurgle you get from low compression engines.